Since 1996 CESH has awarded Junior\/Early Career Scholar Awards for outstanding papers given by early career scholars at its International Congresses. CESH is encouraging the participation of early career scholars, the next generation of European sport historians.<\/p>\n
Deadline this year is 01\/06\/2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Benefits to an early career scholar<\/strong><\/p>\n Presentation of award competition<\/strong> General organisation of competition<\/strong> Eligibility<\/strong> Please note that:<\/span> \u2022 The applicant must not have received a CESH prize before; Paper requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 The Committee will accept only one submission per author; Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 The winner will be announced during the congress dinner; * * *<\/strong><\/p>\n Here you can download the Call for papers for the 2026 CESH Award.<\/strong><\/p>\n EarlyCareerScholarAward2026Call2<\/a><\/p>\n The deadline is 1 June 2026<\/p>\n * * *<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n CESH Early Career Award:<\/strong> O\u011fuzhan ‘Ozzy’ Kele\u015f: ‘Greek vs. Turk: The \u201cGreatest Weightlifting Battle\u201d \u2013 Valerios Leonidis and Naim S\u00fcleymano\u011flu at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Beyond the Imia\/Kardak Crisis’<\/p>\n CESH Early Career Award:<\/strong> Yacov Zohn: ‘Dynamo Kyiv Enters the Field: The Soviet National Football Team Calls Upon the Ukrainians (1957-1960)’<\/p>\n No prizes were awarded in 2022 and 2023<\/em><\/p>\n CESH Early Career Award:<\/strong> Lidia Lesnykh: ‘The Creation of the International University Sports Federation: The Student Cold War From 1946 to 1949’<\/p>\n <\/p>\n CESH Early Career Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Marion Philippe: \u00a0\u00bbDe la R\u00e9sistance int\u00e9rieure \u00e0 l’\u00e9cole de voile des Gl\u00e9nans : l’influence de l’action d’H\u00e9l\u00e8ne et Philippe Viannay en faveur de l’\u00e9ducation des jeunes (1947-1982)\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n CESH Early Career Award:<\/strong>\u00a0Iker Ibarrondo Merino: ‘Basque athletes under fire of the Condor Legion. The ‘Culture and Sport Battalion’ during the Spanish Civil War’<\/p>\n CESH Early Career Award:<\/strong>\u00a0Matteo Monaco: \u00ab\u00a0La rinascita del Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1943-1947)\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n CESH Early Career Award:<\/strong> Erica E. Munkwitz: ‘Riding Habits: Equestrianism, Fox-Hunting, and Female Sporting Emancipation’<\/p>\n 1st:<\/strong> Domenico Elia, ‘A uniform for gymnastics teachers: the work of Alessandro La Pegna (1837-1898)’<\/p>\n 2nd:<\/strong> Giacomo Zanibelli, \u201cLa costruzione dello stadio comunale di Siena. Sport e sviluppo economico durante il periodo fascista\u201d<\/p>\n 3rd:<\/strong> Pierre Marie, ‘Sport as a factor of democracy during the Portuguese revolutionary process’<\/p>\n No awards were given 2010-2014.<\/em><\/p>\n 1st:<\/strong> Alex de la Viuda Serrano, ‘The censorship of sports topic on newspapers Gol and Marca in Spain during 1942-43’<\/p>\n 2nd:<\/strong> Jean-Nicolas Renaud, \u201cLa tradition: limite \u00e0 la modernit\u00e9 sportive? L\u2019exemple du Jura au d\u00e9but du XXe si\u00e8cle\u201d<\/p>\n 3rd:<\/strong> Alessio Ponzio, ‘Volare necesse est. The Italian fascist and the conquest of the sky’<\/p>\n Michele Diana Award: <\/strong>Noemi Garcia: ‘After-school Championship Program in Madrid: Sport as Intercultural Opportunity for Young Immigrants’<\/p>\n Michele Diana Award<\/strong>: <\/strong>Stephanie L. Hamilton, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada & Brice Monier, UFR STAPS, Besan\u00e7on, France<\/p>\n CESH Host University Junior Scholar Award <\/strong>(donated by Universit\u00e9 de Bretagne-Sud, Lorient)<\/em>:<\/strong> Cathal Kilcline, National University of Ireland, Galway, Irland<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Michele Diana Award:<\/strong> David Ranc, University of Cambridge, UK<\/p>\n \u2018Citt\u00e0 di Crotone\u2019 Award:<\/strong> Jacek Rzepka, University of Warsaw, Poland<\/p>\n Junior Scholar Award by the Austrian Olympic Committee: <\/strong>Martin Johnes, University of Swansea, UK<\/p>\n Junior Scholar Award by Sports Division of the Austrian Federal Chancellery: <\/strong>Marion Fontaine, Chatillon, France<\/p>\n Alma Mater Rudolphina Award:<\/strong> Kai Reinhart, University of M\u00fcnster, Germany<\/p>\n COLEF Andalucia Award I:<\/strong> Gonzalo Ram\u00ecrez Mac\u00ecas<\/p>\n COLEF Andalucia Award II:<\/strong> Fred Mason, University of Leicester, United Kingdom<\/p>\n Michele Diana Award:<\/strong> Carlos Gutierrez Garc\u00eca, University of Murcia, Spain<\/p>\n Gabbiano di Crotone Award:<\/strong> Elena Tonezzer, University of Trento, Italy<\/p>\n Michele Di Donato Award:<\/strong> Valentina Marone, Universit\u00e0 di Roma Tor Vergata, Italia<\/p>\n Daniele Paz Award:<\/strong> Zrinko Custonja & Srecko Mavrek, University of Zagreb, Institute for Sport Science & Karl-Franz-University Graz, Faculty of Kinesiology, Croatia – Austria<\/p>\n Romano Pontisso Award:<\/strong> Sarah Morgan, University of Sydney, Australia<\/p>\n Peace Weaves Award:<\/strong> Fabio Chisari, De Montfort University, Leicester\/Universit\u00e0 di Catania, UK-Italia<\/p>\n The Nachtegall Junior-Scholar Award: <\/strong>Daphn\u00e9 Bolz, UFR STAPS, Marc Bloch University, Strasbourg<\/p>\n Michele Di Donato Award I:<\/strong> Barbara Rieger, German Sport University Cologne<\/p>\n Michele Di Donato Award II:<\/strong> Agapi Mantziori, Democritus University of Thrace<\/p>\n Lancillotto e Nausica Award:<\/strong> Nicolas Choutas, Democritus University of Thrace<\/p>\n The Nachtegall Junior-Scholar Award:<\/strong> Bettina Kratzm\u00fcller, University of Vienna<\/p>\n Michele Di Donato Award:<\/strong> Michel Libal, Universit\u00e9 de Lausanne<\/p>\n The Nachtegall Junior-Scholar Award:<\/strong> Annette Hofmann, University of M\u00fcnster<\/p>\n Michele Di Donato Award I:<\/strong> Stephan Wassong, Deutsche Sporthochschule K\u00f6ln<\/p>\n Michele Di Donato Award II:<\/strong> Amichai Alperovich, Hebrew University, Jerusalem<\/p>\n The Nachtegall Junior-Scholar Award:<\/strong> David Imhoof, University of Texas, Austin<\/p>\n Michele Di Donato Award:<\/strong> Pedro Pablo Zorilla Sanz, Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Madrid<\/p>\n The Nachtegall Junior-Scholar Award:<\/strong> Barbara Keys, Harvard University<\/p>\n Michele Di Donato Award:<\/strong> Mike Cronin, De Montfort University, Leicester<\/p>\n The Nachtegall Junior-Scholar Award:<\/strong> Thierry Terret, Universit\u00e9 Lyon I \/ Roberta Vescovi , ISEF Urbino<\/p>\n Michele Di Donato Award I:<\/strong> Antje Fenner, Georg-August Universit\u00e4t G\u00f6ttingen<\/p>\n Michele Di Donato Award II:<\/strong> Thomas Svovgaard, Southern Denmark University, Odense<\/p>\n Michele Di Donato Award I:<\/strong> Andr\u00e9 Gounot, FU Berlin<\/p>\n Michele Di Donato Award II:<\/strong> Harald Oelrich, Westf\u00e4lische Wilhems-Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnster<\/p>\n Michele Di Donato Award III:<\/strong> Swantje Scharenberg, Georg-August Universit\u00e4t G\u00f6ttingen<\/p>\n Michele Di Donato Award I:<\/strong> Andr\u00e9 Gounot, FU Berlin<\/p>\n Michele Di Donato Award II:<\/strong> Harald Oelrich, Westf\u00e4lische Wilhems-Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnster<\/p>\n Michele Di Donato Award III:<\/strong> Christian Vivier, Universit\u00e9 de Franche-Comt\u00e9, Besan\u00e7on<\/p>\n One Award is named after Michele Di Donato (1915 \u2013 1990)<\/strong>, a major Italian and European Sport Historian. For thirty-five year he taught sport history at the ISEF in Rome, was responsible for its journal and researched Italian sport history from antiquity onward. He was one of the few sport historians who could really claim to be universal \u2013 and not specialists for particular time periods or themes. The price is sponsored by his friends from the Centro Studi per l\u2019educazione fisica e lo sport of Florence. In the last two year this Centre offered an award in the honor of Michele Diana (1926-2004), historians from Florence, CESH fellow, President of the CESH Congress in Florence in 1999. He was also editor of great works in history of the Art and local history.<\/p>\n The other price in the years 1998 till 2003 was named after Franz Nachtegall (1777 \u2013 1847)<\/strong>, the Danish and European gymnastics pioneer, who established the first gymnastics institute in Denmark and was instrumental in providing gymnastics in the Danish schools for the children of the common people already in 1814 (earlier than any place else in Europe). As early as 1799 he founded a gymnastics institute in Copenhagen, the first in Europe to prepare physical education teachers. Nachtegall is at the root of Danish but also of European gymnastics and physical education. The price is sponsored by the Danish Gymnastics Federation.<\/p>\n In 2004 CESH wished to remember Daniele Paz<\/strong>, a student at the Universitad Polit\u00e9cnica di Madrid, who had attended our previous congresses, a victim of the 2004 March 11 bombings in Madrid.<\/p>\n Other Joung Scholar Awards was dedicated to: Romano Pontisso<\/strong>, cycling champion, many-times member of the national team, winner in Berlin in the pre-Olympic competition (1936). Gold Medal for Sports Valour of CONI. Responsible for 40 years for the Roman session of national athletes.<\/p>\n The Michele Diana Award<\/strong> is donated by Paolo Allegretti in memory of his father and by the Centro Studi per l’educazione fisica e l’attivit\u00e0 sportiva<\/em> in Florence in memory of Michele Diana.<\/p>\n Peace Waves<\/strong>, a non-profit association that works with youth using sport, art and music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Since 1996 CESH has awarded Junior\/Early Career Scholar Awards for outstanding papers given by early career scholars at its International Congresses. CESH is encouraging the participation of early career scholars, the next generation of European sport historians. Deadline this year … Continuer la lecture \n
\nOn the occasion of its international congresses the European Committee for the History of Sport (CESH) announces an award competition for early career researchers. The aim of the award is to facilitate the integration of outstanding graduate students and early career researchers into the European community of sports and physical education history scholars. The award will be granted to a scholarly paper, single authored by an early career researcher, which is deemed by a panel of judges to be of high quality.<\/p>\n
\nCESH is responsible for setting up an Award Scientific Committee for each call, whose members will review the submitted papers. This committee will consist of five to seven CESH members of which at least three CESH Fellows and two members of the Directing Council of CESH. The President of CESH is responsible for setting up the Award Scientific Committee, which must be approved by the Directing Council of CESH and by the President of the Fellows of CESH. The General Secretary of CESH will announce the scientific competition and the submission deadline for the papers well ahead of the CESH congresses.<\/p>\n
\nCandidates must match one of the following criteria:
\n\u2022 Either be registered as a master or doctoral student at the time paper submission;
\n\u2022 or have successfully completed a doctorate no longer than 5 years prior to the paper submission deadline.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Authors submitting a paper for the CESH Early Career Scholar Award competition must attend and present their paper during the CESH congress;
\n\u2022 Therefore, candidates must also be a CESH member for the year in which they compete;<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Authors will present an official document to prove their student status or a legal document indicating the award date of their doctorate.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Papers must be single-authored;
\n\u2022 Candidates will submit a scholarly paper on a topic that is of interest to the academic sports history community in Europe;
\n\u2022 Papers should not exceed 8,000 words (references included);
\n\u2022 Papers must be original, i.e. not already submitted elsewhere in any form;
\n\u2022 Papers must follow the guidelines of the CESH journal European Studies in Sports History (see http:\/\/www.cesh-site.eu\/?page_id=30);
\n\u2022 Papers may be written in any European language.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 The winner will receive an award during the congress dinner and a prize whose amount (in Euros) will be indicated in the competition call;
\n\u2022 The winner will be invited to submit his\/her paper for publication in CESH\u2019s scientific journal European Studies for Sports History<\/em>;
\n\u2022 The winner will be granted free membership to CESH for the year after which he\/she won the Early Career Scholar Award;
\n\u2022 The Awards Scientific Committee may also give up to two honourable mentions;
\n\u2022 The Awards Scientific Committee might decide to give no award if the submitted papers are not of satisfying quality;
\n\u2022 The name of all winning authors will be posted on the CESH website.<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n
Previous Award Winners<\/h2>\n
2025 – Salerno, Italy<\/strong><\/h3>\n
2024 – Paris, France<\/strong><\/h3>\n
2021 – Lisbon, PORTUGAL<\/strong><\/h3>\n
2019 – LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND<\/strong><\/h3>\n
2018 – BORDEAUX, FRANCE<\/strong><\/h3>\n
2017 –\u00a0STRASBOURG, FRANCE<\/strong><\/h3>\n
2016 – LEICESTER, UK<\/strong><\/h3>\n
2015 – FLORENCE, Italy<\/strong><\/h3>\n
2009 – Pisa, Italy<\/h3>\n
2008 \u2013 Gorzow, Poland<\/h3>\n
2007 \u2013 Lorient, Bretagne, France<\/h3>\n
2006 \u2013 Vienna, Austria<\/h3>\n
2005 \u2013 Sevilla, Spain<\/h3>\n
2004 \u2013 Crotone, Italy<\/h3>\n
2003 \u2013 Olimpia, Greece<\/h3>\n
2002 \u2013 Besan\u00e7on, France<\/h3>\n
2001 \u2013 G\u00f6ttingen, Germany<\/h3>\n
2000 \u2013 Madrid, Spain<\/h3>\n
1999 \u2013 Florence, Italy<\/h3>\n
1998 \u2013 Copenhagen, Denmark<\/h3>\n
1997 \u2013 Katowice, Poland<\/h3>\n
1996 \u2013 Rome, Italy<\/h3>\n